Local Obituaries for Post Falls, Rathdrum, Kootenai County & Surrounding Areas
Larry James Schauer
Aug 3, 2017
Larry James Schauer passed away July 26, 2017 at the age of 81. He was born on April 24, 1936 in New Deal Montana. Larry was the 5th of 8 children born to Theobold and Emma Schauer. The family moved to Chilco, Idaho in 1941. He graduated from Rathdrum High School in 1954. Shortly after he attended and successfully completed...
Anna May Campbell
Aug 1, 2017
Anna May Campbell 96, died Aug 1, 2017 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Anna was born Feb. 22, 1921 in Portland, Oregon. Anna was married to Robert Campbell for 70 years. They lived in southern California until 1993 when they moved to Lake Havasu, AZ. until Roberts death in 2011, she then moved to Post Falls, Idaho with her son...
Shirley Ann Brinkley
Jul 23, 2017
Shirley “Ann” Brinkley, 80
Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away peacefully on July 23, 2017 after a battle with lung cancer. Born on October 24, 1936 in Mahnomen, MN she was the youngest of 11 children. She moved to Spokane, WA where she met Larry Brinkley and the two were married on July 20, 1959.
Ann spent her...
Anna Belle Beck
Jul 23, 2017
Anna B. Beck, 86, of Post Falls, ID, formerly of Riverside, CA., widow of Bob Beck, passed away peacefully at home on July 23, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 26, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Terry Wallace and Mandie Franks.
A member of St. George Catholic Church. Ann was a homemaker whose...
Nancy Eileen Hansen
Jul 4, 2017
Nancy Eileen Hansen, age 69 of Coeur d’ Alene went to be with Jesus on July 4th, 2017 with her loving family by her side.
She was born on July 10th, 1947 to Carmen and Dorothy (Skarles) Lantis. She graduated from Folsom High School in 1965. After graduation, she moved to Sacramento where she met the love of her life, Richard...
Genevieve Dorothy Moran
Jun 26, 2017
Genevieve Dorothy Irvine Moran (Gene) was born September 16, 1924. She lived in Mount Clemens, Michigan. She graduated in the class of 1942 from Mount Clemens High School. Mother earned a Real Estate license from Fullerton College while residing in Yorba Linda, California.
Gene was preceded in death by her husband, Cyril Anthony Moran, sister Carol Collick of Oak Harbor, Washington. She...
Carole Lee Shelton
Jun 25, 2017
Carole Lee Shelton born July 3rd, 1958 in Walla Walla, Washington, passed away peacefully in her sleep at The Hospice House of North Idaho, in Coeur d’ Alene, on June 25th, 2017 after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.
Carole (also known as Care Bear by her daughter and twin sister) was a homemaker in Post Falls, Idaho. She lived to...
Norma Ann Slavik
Jun 25, 2017
Norma Ann Slavik passed away peacefully June 25, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by three children, Mark Slavik, Kimberley Jancik (Clay), Daniel Slavik (Rana). Three grandchildren, Wesley Jancik (Ashley), Timothy Jancik & Andrew Jancik.
Norma was employed at Kootenai Medical Center from 1997 to 2016.
Norma was cremated and her ashes were spread in Lo Lo Pass,...
Clara Ann Zeller
Jun 24, 2017
On June 24 th , 2017, we lost our beloved mother C. Ann Zeller 76 of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. She was born March 30 th , 1941 in Wallace, Idaho to Dorothy Day and Amos A.
Amonson. Mom Graduated from Wallace High School in 1959. After graduating, she
was honored as a lifetime member of USAF Air Defense Team for...
Michael Wayne Bradley
Jun 15, 2017
Michael Wayne Bradley, age 60, of Rathdrum, Idaho passed away June 15, 2017 at his home of acute respiratory distress. He lived for his children, grandchildren, and motorcycles.
Michael was born Sept. 30, 1956 in Oakland, California to Frank and Lena (Montoya) Bradley. He spent his early childhood in California, leaving home at the young age of 13. Michael traveled the...
Steven Dale Diamond
Jun 13, 2017
Steven Dale Diamond, 45, of Post Falls, Idaho passed away on June 13, 2017, after a courageous fight against Leukemia. Steven was born September 14, 1971, in Simi Valley, California to Roger and Judy (Hutchison) Diamond.
Steven grew up in Antelope Valley California. He graduated from Quartz Hill High School, and was currently attending North Idaho College to become a drug...
David George Vandenheuvel
Jun 12, 2017
David “Dave” George VanDenHeuvel, 46, of Post Falls, Idaho passed away June 12, 2017 at Kootenia Health in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Dave was born September 2, 1970 in Green Bay, Wisconsin to Ronald and Linda (Mulree) VanDenHeuvel.
Dave grew up in Wisconsin where he graduated from Mishicot High School in 1988. He later attended UW River Falls, and Madison Area...
Geraldine Ruth Miller
Jun 3, 2017
Geraldine (Jerry) Ruth Miller, 88 of Spokane Valley, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children June 3rd, 2017 at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, Washington.
Jerry was born October 24th, 1928 in a farmhouse in South Dakota where she was one of eight children. All her siblings preceded her in her passing. She attended a one room schoolhouse until...
Pearl Moeller Bourguingnon Shelton
Jun 2, 2017
Pearl Moeller Bourguignon Shelton, 95, passed away on Friday June 2nd, 2017 at Life Care Center of Post Falls, Idaho.
Pearl was born on September 11th, 1921 on the family farm in Clark County, South Dakota to Elive Robert and Anna Florence (Aebli) Larsen. Born 8 in the family of 16 children.
Pearl grew up in South Dakota and completed the 8th...
Ben Lewis Sims
May 31, 2017
Ben Sims of Post Falls, Idaho passed away May 31, 2017. Ben was born in Glenns Ferry, Idaho May 6, 1933 to Jesse and Mabel Sims. Ben came from a large family, he was second oldest of 11 children; Joy, Jack, Betty, Ron, Jerry, Bill, Marilyn, Sam, Mike, and Patrick. He spent his early childhood in Southern Idaho. His family...
Richard Gottlieb Thun
May 28, 2017
Richard G. Thun, 80, died on May 28, 2017 at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He was a resident of Post Falls, Idaho at the time of his death. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 1, 1937 to Jenny Van Otten and Helmut Otto Thun.
Richard grew up in Salt Lake City, UT. He enlisted...
Viola Arlene Hadcock
May 26, 2017
Viola Arlene Hadcock 80, of Post Falls, Idaho passed away on Friday May 26, 2017 at her home with her daughters by her side. Viola was born on Dec 26, 1936 in Pierre, South Dakota, to John and Magdalena Gall. Viola grew up in a large family with one sister and six brothers.
Viola was introduced to her future husband, James...